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resound |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resound \Re*sound"\, n. Return of sound; echo. --Beaumont. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Re-sound \Re-sound"\ (r?*sound"), v. t. & i. [Pref. re- + sound.] To sound again or anew. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resound \Re*sound"\ (r?*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resounded}; p. pr & vb n. {Resounding}.] [OE. resounen OF resoner, F. r['e]sonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See {Sound} to make a noise.] 1. To sound loudly; as his voice resounded far 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back as sound. ``Common fame . . . resounds back to them again.'' --South. 4. To be mentioned much and loudly. --Milton. 5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as the earth resounded with his praise. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resound \Re*sound"\, v. t. 1. To throw back or return, the sound of to echo; to reverberate. Albion's cliffs resound the rur??ay. --Pope. 2. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound. --Pope. Syn: To echo; re["e]cho; reverberate; sound. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resound v 1: ring or echo with sound; reverberate; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: {echo}, {ring}, {reverberate}] 2: emit a noise [syn: {make noise}, {noise}]
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